food shines as eUnited cruise past ex-Singularity in ECS Season 8 Week 5 semifinal
The first semifinal matchup in the final week of ECS Season 8 saw eUnited up against ex-Singularity, with Victor "food" Wong helping his side dominate their opposition for a swift 2-0 series victory.
ex-Singularity's pick of Train was up first, but food made it look anything but that as an inital five-round spree on the offense had eUnited in firm control. A triple kill from Gage "Infinite" Green contributed towards ex-Singularity notching two rounds in reply, but those were the only ones they were able to grab for the remainder of the half as eUnited took eight straight for a 13-2 scoreline. food died just four times over the course of the fifteen rounds, putting up 26 frags and averaging 160 damage in the first half alone.
A pistol round win helped ex-Singularity sustain for another four rounds before a trio of frags from Anthony "vanity" Malaspina put eUnited back on the board, with the team taking the following round to grant themselves match point. A 1vs4 ace clutch by Ben "ben1337" Smith briefly kept ex-Singularity in the running, but a triple spray down in the ensuing round from food to put the player on 30 frags had eUnited take the map over the line at 16-7.
eUnited continued in their winning ways as the first four rounds of their own map pick, Vertigo, also went their way, although this time ex-Singularity managed to muster a better defense than on Train. Still, a number of multi-kill rounds from vanity, Ryan "freakazoid" Abadir, and Edgar "MarKE" Maldonado kept eUnited ahead 9-6 at the half.
The side swap bore little fruit for the ex-Singularity mix as a pistol win for eUnited kept vanity and company in firm control of the proceedings, winning six rounds in a row to attain match point. ex-Singularity were able to stall for three rounds, including an anti-eco ace from ben1337, but a comeback was not in the cards as one final round had eUnited claiming a 16-9 victory.
eUnitedex-Singularity| eUnited |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 2.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Victor 'food' Wong |
50 - 25 | +25 | 102.0 | 75.0% | 1.63 |
 Edgar 'MarKE' Maldonado |
38 - 22 | +16 | 74.8 | 79.2% | 1.37 |
| Austin 'Cooper' Abadir |
37 - 29 | +8 | 76.7 | 72.9% | 1.21 |
| Anthony 'vanity' Malaspina |
32 - 34 | -2 | 81.9 | 68.8% | 1.10 |
| Ryan 'freakazoid' Abadir |
27 - 33 | -6 | 74.6 | 66.7% | 1.03 |
| ex-Singularity |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 2.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gage 'Infinite' Green |
38 - 38 | +0 | 83.5 | 75.0% | 1.04 |
| Josh 'PwnAlone' Pigue |
24 - 31 | -7 | 58.9 | 60.4% | 0.83 |
| Cameron 'cam' Kern |
26 - 39 | -13 | 81.8 | 58.3% | 0.81 |
| Ben 'ben1337' Smith |
27 - 38 | -11 | 55.0 | 47.9% | 0.76 |
| Robert 'robby' Brown |
28 - 39 | -11 | 58.4 | 64.6% | 0.71 |
eUnited now await the winner of the second semifinal matchup between MIBR and ATK, set to take place tomorrow at 6 PM EDT.
